Tuesday, April 11, 2006

MISHAWAKA, Ind. -- University of Saint Francis senior centerfielder Andy Papagiannis has been named Mid-Central Conference Player-of-the-Week for April 3-9, 2006.

Papagiannis (Churubusco, IN / Carroll H.S.) batted .571 in five games for the Cougars helping them to a 4-2 week. Despite not playing baseball for the past four years to concentrate on football where he was an all-conference wide receiver and punt return specialist, Papagiannis is batted .330 this season. He went 4-for-5 against Madonna in a 7-4 USF win last Tuesday (April 4) and was 2-for-4 against Indiana Tech in a 10-3 USF win. He went 8-for-14 last week and also scored five runs.

“He brings a ‘whatever-it-takes’ attitude to the team,” USF coach Greg Roberts said. “He plays an excellent center field, handles the bat well at the plate to move a runner up and it is amazing what he’s doing after not playing for so long.”

Papagiannis has only made two errors in 87 chances in center field and he is batting .400 at the No. 2 spot in the USF batting order. He is in the USF Top 5 in batting (No. 2, .333), slugging pct. (No. 5, .365), on-base pct. (No. 3, .418), runs scored (No. 2, 19), hits (No. 3, 32), RBI (T No. 3, 13), doubles (T-No. 4,  3), total bases (No. 4, 35), walks (No. 3, 9), hit by pitch (T-No. 2, 5), sac bunts (No. 1, 8) and stolen bases (T-No. 1, 5). He has eight multi-hit games and is the only Cougar with a 4-hit game this season. He also has three multiple RBI games this season. 

-- GO USF --